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Meetings, Workshops, Webinars (Core FCB - Organized)

Section titled “Meetings, Workshops, Webinars (Core FCB - Organized)”

  • 10 – 13 February, 2025. Solving-FCB 2025 Meeting & Conference. Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica

  • 21 Dec, 2024. Thinking Solutions, Think Small-Scale Fisheries. Joint Webinar held between Too Big To Ignore and Solving-FCB. University of British Columbia, Canada.

  • Feb 27 – Mar 1, 2023. SolvingFCB Meeting & Workshop. Earth Sciences Building, University of British Columbia 

List of Presentations by Solving-FCB Members

Section titled “List of Presentations by Solving-FCB Members”

2026

  • Mar 4–5 – Sumaila, UR. Moderator on Panel: Financing ocean-based solutions. 13th annual World Ocean Summit & Expo; Montreal, Canada. Agenda

  • Feb 10 – Sumaila, UR. Black Excellence in STEM: Swimming to UBC Like a Fish.

  • Jan 29 – Sumaila, UR. Marine Protected Areas in Ecosystem-based Management. Ecosystem-based Management of Marine Resources Segment of GiKS 2026; Dharan, Saudi Arabia.

  • Jan 12 – Sumaila, UR. Protecting the High Seas. Presentation to the Herbert W. Hoover Foundation (HWHF); Online.

2025 

  • Nov 24 – Sumaila, UR. Workshop on Deep-Sea Mining. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

  • Nov 7 – Sumaila, UR. The Economics and Governance of Deep-Sea Mining and Fisheries Subsidies. Webinar, hosted by the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

  • Nov 6 – Sumaila, UR. MPAs as ocean anchors and stabilizers in a changing ocean. Arctic Research and Ocean Governance Theme, China–Norway Conference 2025: Sustainable Blue Futures – Exploiting the Ocean and Protecting the Ocean; Bergen, Norway.

  • Oct 15 – Sumaila, UR. Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils (AMGFC25). Session facilitated alongside Hanh Nguyen & Helle Herk-Hansen. Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

  • Oct 5 – Sumaila, UR. Panel discussion: Blue Futures for Lagos. Blue Impact Dialogues, Black Diamond Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria.

  • Jul 20 – Sumaila, UR. Panel discussion on ocean economics. With Daniel Wilde. Deep-Sea Dialogues, Sunday Dialogues Series. Kingston, Jamaica.

  • Jul 9 – Sumaila, UR. Keynote: “Leveraging MPAs to balance trade-offs in living and non-living ocean blue economy sectors”. Marine Protected Areas in Marine Spatial Planning Conference, Scandic Havet Hotel, Bodø, Norway.

  • Jul 2 – Sumaila, UR. Panel discussion on transition. Tipping points, dynamics and interactions of social and ecological systems (GlobalTip Conference). Senckenberg Society, Frankfurt, Germany.

  • Jul 2 – Sumaila, UR. Panel discussion on social resilience. With Prof. Dr. Riikka Paloniemi and others. GlobalTip Conference, Senckenberg Society, Frankfurt, Germany.

  • Jul 1 – Sumaila, UR. Reflective discussion on key drivers. With Prof. Dr. Pablo Marquet and others. GlobalTip Conference, Senckenberg Society, Frankfurt, Germany.

  • Jul 1 – Sumaila, UR. Reflective discussion on social behavior and natural resources dynamics. With Prof. Dr. Riikka Paloniemi and others. GlobalTip Conference, Senckenberg Society, Frankfurt, Germany.

  • Jul 1 – Sumaila, UR. Evening lecture: “Three ways to avoid reaching ocean tipping points.” Dinner cruise on the Main River. GlobalTip Conference, Senckenberg Society, Frankfurt, Germany.

  • Jun 13 – Sumaila, UR. Panel: Ecosystem and Economic Benefits of Reducing Harmful Subsidies. Blue Zone, UN Oceans Conference 2025.

  • Jun 13 – Sumaila, UR. WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies and its Benefits. Green Zone, UN Oceans Conference 2025.

  • Jun 13 – Sumaila, UR. Bridging science, policy and action: Enhancing cross-sectoral collaboration. Blue Zone, UN Oceans Conference 2025.

  • Jun 13 – Sumaila, UR. Sustainable fisheries: The role of trade from oceans to plate. Blue Zone, UN Oceans Conference 2025.

  • Jun 12 – Sumaila, UR. Panel: Bridging Conservation Gaps: Integrating Indigenous Practices for Equitable Fisheries in Ghana. Green Zone, UN Oceans Conference 2025.

  • Jun 12 – Sumaila, UR. Actions for SDG 14: Solutions. Green Zone, UN Oceans Conference 2025.

  • Jun 12 – Sumaila, UR. Let’s talk about the ocean and climate 1. Green Zone, UN Oceans Conference 2025.

  • Jun 11 – Sumaila, UR. Ocean Action Panel 5: Fostering sustainable fisheries management including supporting small-scale fishers. Official Session, UN Oceans Conference 2025.

  • Jun 11 – Sumaila, UR. Small but Powerful: Harnessing the diversity of small-scale fisheries. Green Zone, UN Oceans Conference 2025.

  • Mar 11 – Sumaila, UR. Reimagining ocean economics. ʻĀkoʻakoʻa, Honolulu, Hawai’i. 

  • Mar 11 – Cheung, WWL. Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Face of Extreme Events. Ronald O. Ball Lecture. 

  • Feb 10 – Sumaila, UR. KEYNOTE 1: From Vanishing Fish to Infinity Fish: Three things we need to abandon. 2025 Solving-FCB Conference. University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica 

  • Feb 11 – Pereira, L. KEYNOTE 2: Operationalizing the Nature Futures Framework for Improved Anticipatory Governance in Diverse Contexts 2025 Solving-FCB Conference. University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica. 

  • Feb 13 – Villalobos, F. KEYNOTE 3: Balancing Conservation and Livlihoods: Lessons Learned from the Gulf of Nicoya. 2025 Solving-FCB Conference. University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica. 

  • Jan 27 – Marais-Potgieter, A. Expanding Stakeholders Webinar. 

  • Jan 18 – Sumaila, UR. Manage blue wealth. Congreso Futuro 2025, Santiago, Chile. 

  • Jan – Cheung, WWL. Ecology Seminar. Scripps Institute of Oceanography, San Diego, USA. 

2024

  • Dec 3 – Cheung, WWL. A.G. Huntsman Lecture. Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Halifax, Canada. 

  • Nov – Cheung, WWL. Re-envisioning the Governance and Management of Ocean Migratory Biodiversity Workshop. Dubai. 

  • Oct 15 – Sumaila, UR. International Marine Conservation Institute Conference (IMCC7). South Africa. 

  • Sep 24 – Sumaila, UR. Universal Basic Income and Just Transition. New York Climate Week. 

  • Sep 18 – Sumaila, UR & Cheung, WWL. SEA CHANGE: Sustainable Oceans in Canada. UBC. 

  • Sep 16–17 – Sumaila, UR. OECD Development Co-operation for Sustainable Oceans. Paris, France. 

  • Jul 15–19 – Sumaila, UR. IIFET 2024. Malaysia. 

  • Jul – Cheung, WWL. Management Procedures in a Changing Climate Webinar Series. HarvestStrategies.org. 

  • Jul 5 – Sumaila, UR. Incheon International Ocean Forum. Incheon, Korea. 

  • Jul 3 – Sumaila, UR. Interdisciplinarity in Environmental Economics. EAERE 29, Belgium. 

  • Jun 27 – Sumaila, UR. Communities at the Centre of Sustainability. Villars Institute, Switzerland. 

  • Jun 25–28 – Sumaila, UR. Villars Symposium on Basic Income. Switzerland. 

  • Jun 7–8 – Sumaila, UR. Deep sea protection. Costa Rica. 

  • May 27–30 – Cheung, WWL. Blueprints for Prosperity: Building Resilience in SIDS. UN SIDS Conference (virtual). 

  • May 21–24 – Sumaila, UR. Blue Global Canada Summit. St. Andrews-On-The-Sea, NB. 

  • May 10 – Sumaila, UR. Paul Storer Memorial Lecture. WWU & Online. 

  • Apr 14–19 – Birkel, C. EGU Topical Session. Vienna, Austria. 

  • Apr 13–15 – Sumaila, UR. The Ocean Retreat: Bringing it All Together for the Ocean. Hydra, Greece. 

  • Mar 18 – Sumaila, UR. Land and Sea: Mathematics of the Climate Crisis. PIMS. 

  • Mar 12 – Sumaila, UR. Future of Fish and Fisheries: Economic Implications. 

  • Mar 7 – Sumaila, UR. RSC Dialogues @ Massey: Water is Life. Massey College. 

  • Mar 7 – Cheung, WWL. RSC Dialogues @ Massey College: Water is Life. Toronto, Canada. 

  • Mar 4 – Chan, L. Adaptation Strategies for Fisheries. World Fisheries Congress, Seattle. 

  • Mar 4 – Cao, L. Developing Aquaculture for Food & Biodiversity. World Fisheries Congress, Seattle. 

  • Mar 4 – Clarke, T. Nature-based Solutions for Fisheries. World Fisheries Congress, Seattle. 

  • Mar 4 – Sogbanmu, T. West Africa Sustainability Challenges. World Fisheries Congress, Seattle. 

  • Mar 4 – Pereira, L. Solving-FCB Scenarios and Pathways. World Fisheries Congress, Seattle. 

  • Feb 29 – Sumaila, UR. France-Western Canada Workshop. Solving FCB and Ocean Sustainability. 

  • Jan 26 – Wehrtmann, I. UNFCCC COP CMNUCC Presentation. 

  • Jan 24 – Sumaila, UR. Climate Crisis and Ocean Industries. US Senate Committee, Washington D.C. 

  • Jan 24 – Sumaila, UR. Deep Sea Mining Workshop. New York. 

2023 

  • Dec 14–15 – Cheung, WWL. Ocean Futures Scenarios and Pathways Workshop. Berlin, Germany. 

  • Dec 11 – Sumaila, UR. Infinity Fish. COP28 Ocean Pavilion. 

  • Dec 9 – Cheung, WWL. Blue Carbon and Climate Mitigation. Canada Pavilion, COP28. 

  • Dec 6 – Cheung, WWL. African Science for the African Position. South Africa Pavilion, COP28. 

  • Nov 20–24 – Birkel, C. Costa Rica FCB Case Study. WSCC Conference, Ecuador. 

  • Oct – Cheung, WWL. Workshops on Incorporating Climate Change into Social Cost of Carbon. (virtual) 

  • Aug 9 – Sogbanmu, T. Global Indigenous Youth Summit on Climate Change. 

  • Jul 28 – Tcheton, S. Nature Futures Framework. Johannesburg, South Africa. 

  • Jul 16–21 – Cheung, WWL. One Health and Urbanization. Italy. 

  • Jul 11–12 – Cheung, WWL. ICCAT Climate Change Expert Meeting. (virtual) 

  • Jul 8 – Sumaila, UR. Fair Seas Ireland Oceans Day. Cork, Ireland. 

  • May 15 – Cheung, WWL. Credit Valley Conservation (Ontario Chapter). (virtual) 

  • May 5 – Sumaila, UR. PWIAS Catalyst Program. UBC. 

  • Apr 27–28 – Cheung, WWL. IPCC: Climate Change, Resilience and Equity. Bangkok. 

  • Apr 17 – **Teh, L.**S.L. Climate Change & Fisheries Symposium. (Online) 

  • Mar 20 – Sumaila, UR. Sustainable Fisheries and Conservation. Monaco Blue Initiative. 

  • Feb 28 – Solving-FCB Panel. Inaugural Meeting, Vancouver. 

  • Feb – Cheung, WWL. Institut Pertanian Bogor. Indonesia. 

  • Jan 18–20 – Cheung, WWL. Congreso Futuro 2023. Chile. 

  • Jan 12 – Cheung, WWL. Bevan Series Lecture. University of Washington. 

2022

  • Dec 14 – Cheung, WWL. COP15 Biodiversity Webinar: Fish are Carbon Engineers. (virtual) 

  • Nov – Cheung, WWL. FAO Spotlight on Coastal Areas in SIDS at COP27. (virtual) 

  • Oct 26 – Sumaila, UR. An Abundant Ocean. Oceana Canada, Toronto. 

  • Oct 25 – Sumaila, UR. OceanCanada Collaboration Case Study. Canarie22, Ottawa. 

  • Aug 26 – Sumaila, UR. Ocean Economy for the Future. Puerto de Ideas Festival, Chile. 

  • Aug 9 – Sumaila, UR. Canada’s Oceans and Coasts: Pathways to Sustainability. PROBUS Vancouver. 

  • Aug 3 – Sumaila, UR. WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies. Worldfish HQ, Penang, Malaysia. 

  • Jul 21–22 – Sumaila, UR. IIFET2022 Closing Conference. Vigo, Spain. 

  • Jul 18–23 – Sumaila, UR. Sustaining Community Conservation. IUCN APAC, Rwanda. 

  • Jun 28 – Sumaila, UR. UN Ocean Future Symposium. Lisbon, PT. 

  • Jun 26 – Sumaila, UR. Fisheries Management is Climate Action. UN Ocean Conference, Lisbon, PT. 

  • Jun 9 – Cheung, WWL & Sumaila, UR. Genome BC Forum. 

  • Jun 8 – Sumaila, UR. Infinity Fish for a Sustainable Blue Economy. Vatican Conference. 

  • May – Cheung, WWL. BECI Science Workshop. (virtual) 

Meetings, Workshops, Webinars (organized or attended)

Section titled “Meetings, Workshops, Webinars (organized or attended)”
 YearMonthTypeEvent
2025Oct/NovWorkshopDesirable Futures Participatory Workshop (W.Africa)
2025OctoberWorkshopOppenheimer Conference  -  participatory focus (Scenarios)
2025OctoberWorkshopWorkshop with Tla’amin Nation (Canada)
2025Sept/OctWorkshop5th US-Africa CRRC 2025 Workshop (W.Africa)
2025JuneWorkshopCCFS4N-Solving FCB Workshop (Canada)
2025June/JulyWorkshopSummer Training Workshops for ECRs (UNILAG) (W.Africa)
2025MarchWorkshopTla’amin vision + data analysis workshop (Canada)
2025MarchWorkshopCosta de Pajaros follow-up desirable futures (Costa Rica)
2025MarchWorkshopFood Security and Treaty Negotiation Workshop (Canada)
2025JanuaryWorkshopNature Futures Framework Planning Workshop (LASU/UNILAG) (W.Africa)
2024OctoberWorkshopManzanillo desirable futures workshop (Costa Rica)
2024OctoberWorkshopIUU + Plastic Co-creation Workshop. UNILAG Conference. (W.Africa)
2024JulyWorkshopWorkshop on assessing climate change impacts and adaptation for fisheries in Cabo Verde: 1-4 July 2024. Venue: Instituto do Mar I.P. (IMar), São Vicente, Cabo Verde. (Teh, LSL., Cheung, WWL.)
2024AugustWorkshopIsla Chira follow-up workshop and interviews (Costa Rica)
2024JulyWorkshopIsla Chira desirable futures workshop (Costa Rica)
2024JuneMeetingECR (Early Career Reserarcher) Meeting – Planning for all-partners Costa Rica meeting, potential collaborative paper (Group)
2024JuneInterviewsIsla Chira interviews (Costa Rica)
2024MayWorkshopConservation Decision Science Online Workshop (Martin, T.)
2024MayWorkshopCo-Creation Workshop on IUU Fishing and Plastic Pollution Challenges in Nigeria (Video Highlight) (W.Africa)
2024MayMeetingSolving FCB West Africa Inception Meeting. Virtual. (W.Africa)
2024AprilMeetingECR (Early Career Reserarcher) Meeting – Costa Rica case study & climate-impact modeling. Presented by Tayler Clarke (Costa Rica)
2024AprilWorkshopIUU Fishing and Plastic Pollution Participatory Workshop (W.Africa)
2024MarchMeetingECR (Early Career Reserarcher) Meeting – Climate resilience & gender in Gulf of Nicoya fisheries. Presented by Astrid Sánchez- Jimenez (Costa Rica)
2024MarchWorkshopCosta de Pajaros desirable futures workshop (Costa Rica)
2024Feb-MarWorkshopFrance-Western Canada Workshop on Ocean and Polar Sciences (Sumaila UR.)
2024JanuaryMeetingECR (Early Career Reserarcher) Meeting – Work related to Solving FCB. Presented by Ibrahim Issifu (Canada, W.Africa) 
2024JanWorkshopNet Cost of Deep Sea Mining. Costa Rica Ministry of Foreign Affairs Workshop on Deep Sea Mining, New York (Sumaila UR.)
2023DecMeetingECR (Early Career Reserarcher) Meeting – China Case Study. Presented by Daniel (Yue Liu) (China)
20232023WorkshopWorkshop with Tla’amin Nation departments on food security (Canada)
20232023WorkshopOnline participatory workshop with Wageningen University (China)